REPOET OF THE SECBETARY. 



STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION. 

 Accessi07is during the year. 



101 



Presented 



Bom and hatched in National Zoological Park 



Received in exchange 



Purchased 



Transferred from other Govemment departments. 



Captured 



Deposited 



Total. 



Mam- 

 mals. 



142 



Birds. 



131 

 64 



166 

 39 

 14 



Reptiles. 



95 



Total. 



2ir 

 150 

 193 

 44 

 42 

 1 



656 



SUMMARY. 



Animals on hand July 1, 1921 1, 54.5 



Accessions during the year 656 



Total animals handled 2, 201 



Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and return of animals on deposit) 520 



Animals on hand June 30, 1922 1, 681 



Class. 



Species. 



Ind 



viduals. 



Mammals 



187 

 262 

 33 



490 



Birds 



1,069 

 122 



Reptiles . - 









Total June 30, 1922 - 



482 



1 681 







The collection is now larger than ever before. The number of 

 species on exhibition on June 30 is 4 more, and the total number of 

 animals is 130 more than in any previous year. 



VISITORS. 



The total number of visitors to the park, for the fiscal year, as 

 determined by count and estimate, was 2,164,254. This is the third 

 year that the attendance has exceeded 2,000,000. The greatest at- 

 tendance in any one month was 394,703 in April, 1922, an average 

 per day of 13,156. 



The attendance by months was as follows : 



1921. 



July 167, 650 



August 172. 500 



September 197, 700 



October 258, 000 



November 123, 325 



December 79, 570 



1922. 



January .51. 676 



February 77. .541 



March ]S1, 039 



April 394. 703 



May 278, 550 



June 180, 000 



Schools, classes, and other organizations visiting the park during 

 the year numbered 205, with a total of 13,585 individuals. 



